December 21, 1999
U2's New LP To Be Their Greatest Ever
U2's new album will be "the greatest record we've ever made", according to the band's bassist Adam Clayton. As yet there is no confirmed title, track listing or release date, though a spokesperson for the band did confirm, when contacted by Music365, that the album will be released in late summer.
Speaking in the new edition of Propoganda, the official U2 fanzine, Clayton said that sessions had begun a mere six weeks after the band's worldwide 'PopMart' tour had ended, and that the band have been in the studio frequently since last summer. The album will be distilled from around 20 pieces of music that they have been working on with producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois.
Clayton said that, unlike with their last album, 'Pop', the emphasis has been on "trying to preserve the recording of the band as a unit". "I'd like to think that we are making the greatest U2 record we've ever made," Clayton concludes. "Bono already does think that!"
At the moment the record's working title is a closely guarded secret, though some working titles for tracks have emerged. Asked by Propoganda to talk about a new song he liked, the band's drummer, Larry Mullen Jr, nominated 'Bulldozer', while singer Bono offered the following enigmatic story concerning a song called 'Kite'. "There's a hill behind my house," he explained. "I took my two little girls up the hill to prove to them and myself I could be the perfect parent. I bought a large four foot by three foot kite - it lasted sixty seconds before it was taken out of my hands and crashed to the ground. The next attempt was taken off in a great gust never to be seen again... The third shot and the two little girls disappeared - I'm still there..."
Additionally, the album is expected to contain 'The Ground Beneath Her Feet', the lyrics of which were written by novelist Salman Rushdie, and the title used as the title of his most recent novel.
Also, as reported earlier on Music365, Bono has inscribed five lines of lyrics for the album on Jubilee2000's "chain of words" around St Martin In The Fields church in Trafalgar Square, London (see our earlier story).
Earlier this month the future of the new U2 album was put in jeopardy when Bono's laptop, which contained everything the singer had written for the LP, was stolen from his car in Dublin. It was later recovered and returned. See previous Music365 story.
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Originally posted by loftarasa[..]
also, the sun-article is acutally funny to read hence they surely got all the 'news' from forums.
Originally posted by zooey[..]
I find that absolutely hilarious! It that what passes for reporting? or is this a tabloid?
Originally posted by drewhigginsSound familiar - even if it's by a different person?
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Originally posted by AllBecauseOfU2:While doing some U2 research (just for the fun of it, and for procrastination at work), it seems that by July 13, 2003, a year and a half before Bomb dropped, we already had the rumored song titles as such:
Original of the Species
One Step Closer to Knowing
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
All Because You
Native Son
Xanax and Wine
Yahweh
Among others. These were just rumored at the time, not confirmed.
So...these rumored titles being thrown around now (Sexy Boots, One Bird, etc.) in mid-August--does this give the impression that they could be the actual titles?
Also:
On August 17, 2004, Universal Music Canada released the first official info on the album:
"The first single from the as-of-yet-titled new U2 album is to be called "Vertigo" and will be officially released on Friday, September 24th to radio. The album will be released in the United States on Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004. "
So...we're not too far away, then?
Originally posted by Remy[..]
Nice research, especially the latter. We might get some actual official news this month.
Originally posted by MWSAH[..]
About time if you ask me. Only 2.5 month left now.
indeed. I want some official info from u2.com for once! Originally posted by flowerchild[..]